Review of \u3ci\u3eWilliam F. Cody\u27s Wyoming Empire: The Buffalo Bill Nobody Knows.\u3c/i\u3e By Robert E. Bonner

Robert Bonner\u27s book provides wonderful insight into Cody\u27s promotional activities outside of Madison Square Garden. The tale of his sponsorship of the Shoshone irrigation projects and the formation of the town of Cody aptly illustrates that even in the business world William Cody was still the showman promoter. The book is very well documented, based on an abundance of correspondence found in the files of the participants of the Shoshone project. It tells how Cody, always the man in charge, badgered, cajoled, and saw things through rose-colored glasses. He used his power and vision on his friends and business associates to invest in projects, thus fulfilling his dream of irrigating the arid land around Cody to promote the town of Cody